South Carolina
Facts About South Carolina
Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville.
The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian.
The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.
South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.
The state dance of South Carolina is the Shag!
The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter.
South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River.
Before being known as the Palmetto State, South Carolina was known as, and had emblazoned on their license plates, the Iodine State.
The only major league baseball player to wear the name of his hometown on his uniform was pitcher Bill Voiselle. He wore number 96.
The Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame features champion thoroughbred flat racers and steeplechase horses trained in Aiken.
The Black River Swamp Preserve is located near Andrews. This slow-moving river is characterized by high concentrations of organic carbon, which accounts for the tea-colored water and gives rise to the diverse habitats in its widespread floodplain.
Batesburg-Leesville is home to the annual South Carolina Poultry Festival held in early May.
South Carolina's smallest county is McCormick at 360 square miles while the largest county is Horry at 1,134 square miles
A noble Catawba Indian who befriended early Camden settlers, King Haiglar is often called "The Patron Saint of Camden." Today, he reigns over Camden in the form of a life-sized weather vane which graces the tower of what once was the circa-1886 Opera House.
Chapin is known as the Capital of Lake Murray.
Sumter has the largest Gingko farm in the world.
Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.
Tyler Brothers Work Shoe and Boot Company in Wagener produces 8 major brands of OSHA approved safety footwear, including such famous brands as Redwing, Georgia, Northlake, and Wolverine.
The Board of Public Works in Gaffney built an elevated water storage tank in the shape of a peach in 1981.
The Argent train Engine No. 7 was donated to the town of Hardeeville upon the closing of the Argent Lumber Company. This narrow gauge train is a rarity and attracts many people from across the nation.
The first boll weevil found in South Carolina is on display at the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum.
Duncan Park Baseball Stadium in Spartanburg is the oldest minor league stadium in the nation.
Every few years, Irmo has a sighting of some kind of water monster that inhabits Lake Murray. The monster first 'surfaced' in 1973 when residents of Irmo and Ballentine saw a cousin of the Loch Ness Monster. It was described in The Independent News in 1980 as "a cross between a snake and something prehistoric."
A 24-mile motorcycle trail and a 26-mile horse trail are unusual features of Parsons Mountain Park in the Sumter National Forest.
The Isle of Palms was originally named Hunting Island and then Long Island, it's thought to be at least 25,000 years old, and was first inhabited by the indigenous Seewee Indians.
Johnston is called The Hub of the Ridge because it is located at the meeting place of the three river systems which flow away from the Ridge, a fertile plateau about thirty miles long between clay hills to the north and sand hills to the south.
Johnston is known as the Peach Capital of the World.
The Lake City tobacco market was established in 1898, and has grown to become one of the two largest markets in South Carolina today.
Sweetgrass basket making has been a part of the Mount Pleasant community for more than 300 years. Basket making is a traditional art form that has been passed on from generation to generation.
Little River is the Gateway to the Grand Strand. Giant moss-covered oak trees, that are centuries old, line its waterfront and many streets!
There is an old saying in Marion that anyone who drinks water from Catfish Creek becomes infatuated with the area and wishes to remain there.
The Upper Whitewater Falls is the highest cascade in eastern America; it descends for nearly 411 feet.
Beginning Labor Day and running through the following weekend, the South Carolina Apple Festival celebrates the beginning of apple harvest season in Oconee County, the largest apple-producing area in the state.
The Columbia City Ballet, South Carolina's oldest dance company, has developed into one of the most broadly supported performing arts organizations in the state.
Bird: Great Carolina Wren
Agriculture: Tobacco, poultry, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, hogs.
Industry: Textile goods, chemical products, paper products, machinery, tourism.
Flower: Yellow Jessamine
Highest Point: Sassafras Mountain; 3,560 feet
Largest Cities: Columbia Charleston North Charleston Greenville Rock Hill Mount Pleasant Spartanburg Sumter Hilton Head Island Florence
Nickname: Palmetto State
Origin of state's name: Named in honor of England's King Charles I
Population...4,012,012; 26th, 12/00
Song: Carolina
Tree: Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto
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